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Natural Monuments

Upper Franconia

Franconian Switzerland

Landkreis Bayreuth

Kunigunden Fountain, Waischenfeld

Natural Monuments

Upper Franconia

Franconian Switzerland

Landkreis Bayreuth

Kunigunden Fountain, Waischenfeld

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Kunigunden Fountain, Waischenfeld

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Location: Waischenfeld, Landkreis Bayreuth, Franconian Switzerland, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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September 9, 2025

Cycling

The Kunigundenbrunnen in Waischenfeld is a charmingly designed fountain complex on the Wiesent river, located directly next to the historic, former communal brewery. From a historical perspective, however, the current …

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April 11, 2023

Hiking

The Waischenfeld Kunigundenbrunnen used to be called "Johannesbrunnen" and was not quite where it is today. He was connected to the bridge saint Johannes Nepomuk from the year 1715. Actually, the woman washing clothes at the well is inappropriate, because in the past it was forbidden to wash clothes at wells that provided drinking water. For such misdeeds you had to go to prison and you also had to pay a severe fine. This is how it can be read in a community bulletin from 1729.

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June 30, 2024

Hiking

Fountain with a small sculpture. Next to it are a few benches for resting

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Elevation 400 m

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Location: Waischenfeld, Landkreis Bayreuth, Franconian Switzerland, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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